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Song
Lyricists, Song Poets & Lyric Writing
For talented lyricists who
know how to successfully market their songs, there are good
opportunities
in today's music
business.
Every great song needs a great lyric.
Every Elton John needs a Bernie Taupin. Every Andrew Lloyd Webber needs
a Tim Rice.
Memorable songs require well-written
song
lyrics. Therefore the music business always needs talented
new lyricists and song poets.
To illustrate
this, check the songwriting credits of hit songs
recorded in Nashville these days.
Rarely will you see just one songwriter credited under the song title.
More often you'll find at least two
songwriters listed. That's because each songwriter brings different,
complimentary strengths to their songwriting. Some are stronger
composing music. Some are stronger writing lyrics.
Sometimes it's simply a case of "two
heads are better than one" in the creative songwriting process.
Sometimes songwriting partners work together on both the song
lyrics and music.
For example,
legendary recording
artist Vince Gill wrote with eight different songwriting partners on
his classic album "I Still Believe In You." That album yielded several
top hits for Gill and became one of his biggest selling
collections.
Options & Opportunities for
Song Lyricists:
Songwriters Resource Network
encourages song lyricists and poets to take their work to the
highest level.
That's why we offer current and informative articles on all aspects of
song and lyric writing.
For a complete list of articles, song
lyric
contests and events related to Lyric Writing, see:
Lyric
Writing Contests | Songwriting Competitions | Opportunities
If you're an ambitious song lyricist
or song poet,
you'll probably want to start thinking about teaming with a music
composer.
That's because song publishers rarely
consider "Lyric Only" submissions. It's difficult to judge the
potential
of a song based on only poetry and lyrics. Song publishers
want to hear
complete songs — both lyrics and the music.
Lyricists working with music composers
have a big advantage: they can join forces to create song demos. An
impressive demo can be used to attract the interest of song
publishers, music producers and recording artists.
HELPFUL TIP:
Song lyricists seeking music composers can
find contacts using the Songwriters Resource Network Songwriter
Billboards. You can respond to
those that interest you. Or post a free ad of your own.
LYRIC WRITING EVENTS | Lyric contests
& competitions | Songwriting Tips & Opportunities
Featured Event: Amateur lyricists are
now welcome to enter the
Lyric Writing category of the Great
American Song Contest where songwriters will have their songs
critiqued by
music-industry pros and get the chance to win great Prizes & Awards
DID YOU KNOW?
There's an excellent new
online resource
for song lyricists! SongLyricist.com offers tips and
opportunities for lyricists learning the art and craft of lyric
writing. They offer many educational articles by
music-industry pros on
how to market song lyrics and succeed in the music business.
SongLyricist.com
- Lyric Writing contest
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